The European tech blog Tech Digest saw fit to name the top 10 gadgets that are due for a revival. The Apple Newton and Etch-a-Sketch were mentioned but at Number 10 was the Sinclair C5. About 12,000 of these 3-wheeled electrified shopping carts were built in 1985. Before the year's end the company was out of business. Rightly so, it could be considered a forerunner to the Segway but the editors at Tech Digest think it could be brou
We don't know what kind of sick person would do such a thing to a MINI Cooper S? But we have to say, even if you don't think it's cool, it's at least done well.
The guy who knows how to make the best out of a dirty situation has started pitching Ford F-150s. Mike Rowe, creator and star of "Dirty Jobs" on the Discovery Channel, is the latest spokesperson for the F-150, which Ford likes to call "the most capable pickup in its class." Since the F-150 will get a diesel engine, I'll be waiting for Rowe to make the pitch for using biodiesel in these trucks at some point.
Crude palm oil (CPO), used extensively as a biodiesel feedstock in South East Asia, has seen its popularity go through the roof over the last few years as Europe's mandatory biodiesel targets have seen global demand boom. Despite the environmental concerns over large scale rainforest destruction to make way for ever more oil palm plantations, the price of CPO has
As we reported a few days back, Ford has big plans for the bits and pieces that make up the Mazda 2. While the Mazda will have the requesitie joie de vivre known as "zoom zoom," Ford variants are a go, as well. Automobile posits that naming the Ford version might be a sticky wicket. We've recently seen the blue oval return to names with some history, so an all new moniker
Toyota has dominated the hybrid vehicle market since the introduction of the Prius and there are several plug-in conversions of the pioneering production hybrid on the road. Toyota is now actively working on a production plug-in hybrid. In an interview with Reuters, Toyota NA President Jim Press repeated the same line as other car-makers, that batteries are still the biggest problem to overcome. Toyota is willing to cooperate with other car-makers on battery development, to try and move things f
It was late August 2003 in the Los Angeles area when more than 125 SUVs were vandalized with graffiti and a Hummer dealership was attacked with Molotov cocktails. Total damage was put at $5 million. Back then gas was cheap and the economy was starting to climb out of the depths of the dot-com bust. That was also the year the Hummer H2 was introduced, and the behemoth SUV quickly became the lightning rod for media attacks from environmentalists who saw them as gas hogs and consumer advocates who
